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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season is it at the beginning of the book?

2. How does Norah feel when David suggests that she hire someone to help her with a party?

3. Where does Caroline decide to move after deciding to keep the baby?

4. Who gives Norah some wine as a gift?

5. Where do David and Norah live at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has David been unable to be intimate with Norah?

2. Why did meeting David cause Caroline to give up her dreams?

3. What was Caroline's biggest dream before she met David?

4. Why are Norah and David vacationing in Aruba?

5. How did David and Norah meet?

6. What is David trying to do with his photos of Norah on the beach?

7. What happens while Norah is driving home on the night of her anniversary?

8. What does Norah say she hates about David?

9. What does Paul want to do with his future?

10. What does Norah do while visiting her old house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Education and the importance of training is a constant theme in this book. Where does this theme appear, and which characters are most affected by it?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Al is a minor character whose presence makes a big difference in the plot. How does he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if he had not been in the book at all?

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